Tarık Akan
Born December 13, 1949 (Age: 76)
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İstanbul, Türkiye
Biography
Tarık Akan (born Tarık Tahsin Üregül, 13 December 1949 – 16 September 2016) was a Turkish film actor and producer, who started his activity in the 1970s. He acted in a total of 110 films, and won numerous awards from various festivals including Cannes and Berlin. He won an Honourable Mention at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in Pehlivan. He entered a movie actor contest of the magazine Ses ("Voice"), and ended up runner up. He studied acting under the eye of famous Turkish film director Ertem Eğilmez (1929–1989). He made his film debut in 1970 at the age of 21 in Vefasız, and adopted the stage name "Tarık Akan". Between 1970 and 1975, in the heyday of Yeşilçam, he acted in 12 films a year in average. He appeared with Emel Sayın in Mavi Boncuk, Hülya Koçyiğit in Sev Kardeşim, Hale Soygazi in Gece Kuşu Zehra, and entered into the "list of unforgettables" with Hababam Sınıfı. At first, most of his roles were in romantic comedies. Later in his career, he has taken on more political and dramatic roles. The first film of this genre was Nehir, in which he shared the role with Cüneyt Arkın. Political films like Maden, Sürü, Yol and Kanal followed.
Tarık Akan (born Tarık Tahsin Üregül, 13 December 1949 – 16 September 2016) was a Turkish film actor and producer, who started his activity in the 1970s. He acted in a total of 110 films, and won numerous awards from various festivals including Cannes and Berlin. He won an Honourable Mention at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in Pehlivan.
He entered a movie actor contest of the magazine Ses ("Voice"), and ended up runner up. He studied acting under the eye of famous Turkish film director Ertem Eğilmez (1929–1989). He made his film debut in 1970 at the age of 21 in Vefasız, and adopted the stage name "Tarık Akan". Between 1970 and 1975, in the heyday of Yeşilçam, he acted in 12 films a year in average. He appeared with Emel Sayın in Mavi Boncuk, Hülya Koçyiğit in Sev Kardeşim, Hale Soygazi in Gece Kuşu Zehra, and entered into the "list of unforgettables" with Hababam Sınıfı. At first, most of his roles were in romantic comedies. Later in his career, he has taken on more political and dramatic roles. The first film of this genre was Nehir, in which he shared the role with Cüneyt Arkın. Political films like Maden, Sürü, Yol and Kanal followed.
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Filmography
Hayal Kurma Oyunları
2004
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as Baba
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Age: 54
The Letter
1997
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as Ragıp
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Age: 47
Antika Talanı: Karun Hazinesi
1997
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as Narrator
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Age: 47
The Passenger
1993
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as Makasçı
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Age: 43
Siyabend and Xece
1991
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as Siyabend
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Age: 41
Uzun İnce Bir Yol
1991
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as Müşfik
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Age: 41
Bir Kadın Düşmanı
1991
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as Ziya
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Age: 41
A Little Cloud
1990
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as Saycan
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Age: 40
Blackout Night
1990
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as Mustafa Ural
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Age: 40
Berdel
1990
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as Ömer
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Age: 40
Devlerin Ölümü
1990
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as Cemal/Hoca/Dilaver/Ağa
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Age: 40
Layla, Ma Raison
1989
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as Mecnun
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Age: 39
İsa, Musa, Meryem
1989
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as Musa
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Age: 39
İkili Oyunlar
1989
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as Erol
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Age: 39
El Kapıları
1988
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as Zeynel
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Age: 38
Kimlik
1988
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as Sadettin
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Age: 38
Dönüş
1988
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as Berde
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Age: 38
The Third Eye
1988
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as Tunç
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Age: 38
Çark
1987
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as Rauf
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Age: 37
Yağmur Kaçakları
1987
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as
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Age: 37
Kızımın Kanı
1987
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as Cemil
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Age: 37
No Image
Skandal
1987
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as Çetin
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Age: 37
We Called Him the Ugly King
1987
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 37
Su da Yanar
1987
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as Yönetmen
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Age: 37
Halkalı Köle
1986
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as Sefer/Yazar/Matbaacı
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Age: 36
Adem ile Havva
1986
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as Münir Kozan
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Age: 36
Bir Avuç Cennet
1985
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as Kamil
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Age: 35
Son Darbe
1985
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as Nazmi
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Age: 35
Blood
1985
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as Haydar Ali/Seyit Ağa
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Age: 35
Paramparça
1985
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as Tayfun
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Age: 35
Tele Kızlar
1985
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as Şahin
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Age: 35
The Stigma
1984
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as Cengiz
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Age: 35
Herhangi Bir Kadın
1981
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as Bozovalı Cemal
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Age: 31
Deli Kan
1981
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as Sefer
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Age: 31
The Sacrifice
1980
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as Mümin
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Age: 30
The Mine
1978
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as Nurettin
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Age: 28
Lekeli Melek
1978
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as Salih
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Age: 28
Şeref Sözü
1977
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as Sedat
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Age: 27
Bizim Kız
1977
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as Murat Boğa
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Age: 27
Baraj
1977
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as Orhan
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Age: 27
Our Family
1975
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as Ferit
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Age: 25
My Homeland
1974
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as Mehmet
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Age: 24
Esir Hayat
1974
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as Aydın
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Age: 24
Boşver Arkadaş
1974
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as Ferit
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Age: 24
An Angel on Earth
1974
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as Ömer Mutlu
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Age: 24
Kanlı Deniz
1974
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as Ahmet
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Age: 24
Mahcup Delikanlı
1974
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as Metin
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Age: 24
Yaz Bekârı
1974
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as Orhan Güven
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Age: 24
The Blue Bead
1974
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as Yakışıklı Necmi
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Age: 24
Yalancı Yarim
1973
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as Ferdi
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Age: 23
Umut Dünyası
1973
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as Ahmet
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Age: 23
My Dear Brother
1973
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as Murat
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Age: 23
Baby Face
1973
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as Bebek Yüzlü Murat
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Age: 23
Para
1973
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as Murat
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Age: 23
Feryat
1973
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as Ferdi
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Age: 23
Oh Olsun
1973
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as Ferit Haznedar
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Age: 23
Suçlu
1972
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as Hakan
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Age: 22
Sev Kardeşim
1972
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as Ferit Çalışkan
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Age: 22
Sisli Hatıralar
1972
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as Hakan
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Age: 22
Kaderimin Oyunu
1972
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as Bülent Akman
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Age: 22
Aşkların En Güzeli
1972
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as
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Age: 22
Vefasız
1972
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as Halil
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Age: 22
Üç Sevgili
1972
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as Ali
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Age: 22
Azad Kuşu
1972
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as Hakan
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Age: 22
Sweet Talker
1972
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as Ferit
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Age: 22
Angel or Devil?
1971
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as Sedat
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Age: 21
Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi
1971
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as Murat Sayman
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Age: 21